Table 2.

Past year comorbid medical conditions among adults with or without chronic back pain

	No chronic back pain	Chronic back pain
	%	%	AOR	95% CI
Past year medical conditions
Any chronic pain	33.7	66.6	3.59	3.38–3.81
Arthritis or rheumatism	15.6	45.8	4.76	4.43–5.13
Frequent or severe headaches	14.3	26.7	2.31	2.13–2.62
Other chronic pain	11.3	21.0	1.92	1.78–2.07
Any other medical condition	29.6	43.6	1.59	1.50–1.69
Stroke	0.5	1.2	2.22	1.62–3.06
Heart attack	0.6	0.9	1.24	.90–1.70
Hypertension	12.5	19.0	1.29	1.19–1.40
Digestive ulcers	2.5	6.5	2.44	2.12–2.81
Respiratory problems	3.6	7.0	1.77	1.56–2.01
Diabetes	3.7	4.9	1.11	.97–1.27
Cancer or leukemia	1.5	1.9	1.04	.84–1.29
Other serious long term disease	8.0	13.0	1.61	1.47–1.76
Neurological problems	2.1	4.6	2.13	1.82–2.50
Serious accident	4.5	6.1	1.41	1.24–1.59

Note. Percentages are weighted. Bold signifies statistically significant chi square tests at p = .05 or greater. Adjusted Odds Ratio: Those with chronic back pain are compared to those without and odds are adjusted for sex, age, occupation, education, relationship status, and population density